Rupert Murdoch

Australian-American business magnate

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-American business magnate

Lulz Security Hacks Sun Website, Redirects Readers to Fake Murdoch Death Story

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  • Tuesday, 19 July 2011

The website of The Sun was hacked by Lulz Security, a group known for their "hacktivist" activities. Readers were redirected to a fake news story claiming Rupert Murdoch had died, and later to the group's Twitter page where they claimed to be displaying internal Sun staff data. The hack was seen as ironic given the company's recent troubles with hacking scandals.

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